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March 11 (OE) Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been contracted to provide marine warranty survey services for marine operations and installation activities on ExxonMobil’s Hammerhead development offshore Guyana. The Hammerhead project is expected to be the seventh development in the Stabroek Block, located around 200 km offshore Guyana in water depths ranging from 850... Continue Reading →
March 11 (OE) The first gas injection on Petrobras’ P-78 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has been achieved just 61 days after the vessel reached first oil on December 31, 2025. The milestone, achieved on March 2, 2026, marks the transition of the vessel toward full operational readiness and expands production capability at... Continue Reading →
March 11 (OE) TotalEnergies and its partners Repsol and Shell have started production from the Lapa South-West project in Brazil’s Santos Basin. Located approximately 300 km offshore, the project consists of three wells tied back to the existing Lapa floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit and is expected to increase production from the Lapa... Continue Reading →
March 30 - Equinor has reached a significant milestone in the construction of the Raia FPSO (BM-C-33 project) with the completion of the lifting of modules at the Seatrium Angra dos Reis shipyard (formerly BrasFELS). In November 2025, the modules manufactured in Brazil were completed and shipped to Singapore, where they will be integrated into... Continue Reading →
March 8 (PN) Petrobras is evaluating increasing the production capacity of three platforms to be installed in the Búzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The P-80, P-82, and P-83 units were designed to produce up to 225,000 barrels of oil per day each, but the company is studying raising this limit... Continue Reading →
March 8 (PN) Petrobras plans to accelerate the ramp-up of production from the newest platforms in the Búzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. According to the company's Director of Engineering, Technology and Innovation, Renata Baruzzi, the idea is to anticipate the increase in production from both the P-78 (already in production)... Continue Reading →
March 6 (oilnow.gy) SBM Offshore said the Jaguar floating production, storage and offloading vessel project has reached several construction milestones as work continues toward a planned 2027 start-up offshore Guyana. “Following a safe and successful work program in the Seatrium dry-dock, FPSO Jaguar has been safely relocated and moored quayside for the integration phase,” SBM... Continue Reading →
March 5 (PN) SISTAC, which operates in the Brazilian market for inspection, maintenance, and repair of submerged structures for the oil and gas industry, announced that it has signed a contract with the Norwegian company BW Energy to perform subsea inspection services on the FPSO Cidade de Vitória, using the vessel SISTAC Esperança. The operations... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, March 3, 2026 - PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices incorporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of February. Key: (1) Monthly production was impacted by isolated events, all of which have been resolved: (i) in Frade, operations were limited by... Continue Reading →
March 4 (oilnow.gy) Rystad Energy said TotalEnergies’ GranMorgu development offshore Suriname will feature a 50,000 ton topside and gas-processing capacity of 500 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d), underscoring the country’s emergence in the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) segment. In a February 19 report, Rystad Energy said, “TotalEnergies’ FPSO marks Suriname’s emergence in the FPSO... Continue Reading →
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